You know you're a newbie when...

[freezy]

when you think we aim dishes at geosynchronous satellites

nope they're space ships

 

[comfrey]

Ok that really is funny... Only if English is your native language though.

...when you pronounce coax like your ordering more than one Coca-Cola products!

"I'll have 2 Cokes please!"

 

[Elchucko]

-When you refer to the dish as a satellite.

 

[freezy]

when you blindscan SES1 with your old 18" dbs dish w/ original LNB and blame Sadoun for selling you a POS box that doesn't work.

 

[Tron]

-When you refer to the dish as a satellite.

Also if one refers to the dish as a "Satellite Disk" or "Satellite Disc".

 

[Dishman Dan]

...when you tell the wife "Me and the guys are going to grab a couple of BUDs after work" and she gets upset thinking that you are stopping at the bar for beer!

 

[Mikhel]

... when you believe "FreeDBS"...

 

[rogerduncan100]

TBS

Is TBS on c-band (or k-band)? I like baseball!

 

[rogerduncan100]

......when you add to a thread when you meant to start a new thread!

 

[Mikhel]

......when you add to a thread when you meant to start a new thread!

LMAO i liked that one!!

 

[rogerduncan100]

.....you don't know what a mux is and you're too embarrassed to ask!

 

[Tron]

.....you don't know what a mux is and you're too embarrassed to ask!

It's a group of related channels on one transponder ...

 

[Dishman Dan]

...you think that wild feeds are what they give the animals at the zoo to eat!

 

[geekt]

You think Dual Universal LNB's mean that one output is for European sats.

- me a few weeks ago...

 

[geekt]

:rant:...you buy a receiver that you think will pull in "everything" because that's what the person on the phone at the retailer said when you asked only to find that it doesn't!

When you think any cheap receiver will receive "everything".

With MPEG-4, S2, 8SPK, 4:2:2, etc, I think it's better to research research research, and plan on possibly replacing it in a few years as the broadcasters decide what to use.

 

[rogerduncan100]

....when you think a "backhaul" is a great big yellow machine on a construction site!

 

[Anole]

- lol !

Okay, now you made me laugh out loud! -

 

[geekt]

....when you think a "backhaul" is a great big yellow machine on a construction site!

No, that's when they got a big pile of dirt to move and they're running behind schedule. The back haul is the dirt they still gotta haul.

 

[comfrey]

You think the term "TP" refers to toilet paper.

 

[Copykat]

...when you refer to your LNBF as an "eye."